IntQuesPracStan
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 • Take me through your resume. Then addressing how I made decisions to pursue different job opportunities, the biggest professional challenge I've faced and how I addressed it, and my biggest accomplishment | . |
| • Why MBA? Why now? | . |
| • Why Stanford? | . |
| • What is your leadership style? | . |
| • What would you do as a Plan B if your first choice for your career didn't work out? | . |
| • What skills have you learned in your current job? | . |
| • What frustrations have you had with the corporate world? | . |
| • Have you thought of pursuing your career goals without getting an MBA | . |
| • Defining moment in your life | . |
| • Time you received constructive criticism and how you reacted, what did you learn | . |
| • Anything about yourself you wished you could change? | . |
| • Biggest accomplishment - both work and outside work? | . |
| • What drives you? | . |
| • A time you faced a disappointment | . |
| • Anything you wished I had asked or you think I should know about you? | . |
| • Tell me a little about yourself | . |
| • What's your background? | . |
| • Why do you want to go to Stanford? | . |
| • Did you apply anywhere else? Why? | . |
| • Why do you want to go into entrepreneurship? Can you show me examples? | . |
| • Do you have any regrets with your experience up to now? | . |
| • What do you want to ask me? | . |
| • Tell me about a specific time when you realized you needed an MBA. Why a Stanford MBA? | . |
| • Tell me about the most valuable piece of feedback you've ever received. How did it change your relationship with that individual? Why was it important? | . |
| • Tell me about a time when you had to lead a team of individuals. What did you learn about yourself? What did you learn about leadership? | . |
| • Tell me about a time when you failed. What did you learn from that event and how have you implemented what you learned from that failure? | . |
| • Name a book that you've read recently that was not for work. We then discussed that book. | . |
| • Tell me about a time you faced an obstacle and what did you do about it? | . |
| • Tell about a time you streamlined operations/made things more efficient? What did you do? How did you measure its success? What metrics did you use? | . |
| • Tell me about a time you worked with a difficult team member or manager. | . |
| • Tell me about a time you faced an ethical situation. | . |
| • Tell me about a time you had your beliefs challenged. | . |
| • What book are you currently reading? | . |
| • What would you do if you didn't get into any MBA programs? | . |
| • How would you decide between schools if you got into multiple MBA programs? | . |
| • What will you bring that is unique to the program? | . |
| • What extracurricular activity are you most proud of? | . |
| • What is your favorite place you traveled? | . |
| • Tell me about an individual or group failure. | . |
| • Someone difficult to work with that was in a position above me and what I learned from it? | . |
| • Tell me a bit about yourself. | . |
| • Tell me about a leadership / team experience. | . |
| • Difficult situation / how you dealt with it/ what was the result? | . |
| • Tell me about a time when others have pointed out a weakness of yours. | . |
| • How/When did you decide to apply to an MBA? | . |
| • How will you contribute to Stanford? | . |
| • Short/long term goals? | . |
| • Tell me about a time you knew you were an effective leader and how did you know? | . |
| • Tell me about a time things didn't go according to plan and you failed? | . |
| • What did you learn from the time when you failed? | . |
| • Tell me about a time you had to stand your ground and how did you do it? | . |
| • Favorite non-work related book? | . |
| • Top 3 favorite books? | . |
| • What do you want to do after graduating from business school? | . |
| • What did you take away from your undergraduate experience? | . |
| • What is your greatest accomplishment? | . |
| • Tell me about what inspires you | . |
| • How do you deal with failure? | . |
| • How do you deal with failure? | . |
| • Why are you interested in Stanford university? | . |
| • Have you ever led a team? | . |
| • Tell me about your international experiences. | . |
| • Do you like to read? What do you read? | . |
| • Explain how you are ready for academic rigor. | . |
| • When have you led peers and how? | . |
| • When have things not gone well in a peer-to-peer experience? | . |
| • If you were resource-unconstrained, what cause would you pursue most vigorously? (because I have a lot of service in my background I think and he said it was a question that he had gotten) | . |
| • What is my company's strategy? How have they done well? What challenges do they face now? | . |
| • What qualities do I look for in a job opportunity or educational setting? | . |
| • Tell me about a time you had to make a trade-off between two equally attractive opportunities | . |
| • Is there anything you've done merely out of passion? | . |
| • Time when a leader fell short and you had to step up and lead. | . |
| • Time when you've been challenged as a leader and what you learned from it. | . |
| • Talk about a time when your values were challenged and you had to consult your moral compass. | . |
| • Time when you wanted to give up and how you motivated yourself to keep going. | . |
| • A book I'd recommend that I've read recently. | . |
| • What have you enjoyed about working at your current company? | . |
| • How have your professional experiences so far shaped where you see yourself? (this led to discussion of career goals and how MBA fits in) | . |
| • Insert about 3-4 questions here specifically related to my career interests and path | . |
| • What do you like to do outside of work? | . |
| • What matters most to you and Why? | . |
| • Social activity | . |
| • Under grad college club activity | . |
| • Biggest achievement | . |
| • Tell me about a time —maybe the most recent example— when you lead a team | . |
| • Tell me about a good or bad leader you've worked with | . |
| • Have you ever stood to defend a position that wasn't popular or easily accepted? | . |
| • What are your extra-curricular activities? | . |
| • You've done a lot of travelling - tell me about that | . |
| • Who is your favorite author? | . |
| • Tell me about a time you worked for a bad manager? What happened? | . |
| • What was your favorite class at school? (I went with a non-business school class that dealt with the portrayal of women in film. This opened up a large discussion about women in business, why they drop out of the workforce, how to balance a career with children, etc. Glad i didn't say finance or accounting! ha!) | . |
| • When did you realize you needed an MBA? | . |
| • What other schools did you get into? Why did you apply there? (I was honest about the schools I got into, and the ones I withdrew from. We spoke a bit about HBS v Stanford and why I would choose Stanford if i was already accepted at HBS - she had also chosen between the 2) | . |
| • Why did you apply to stanford in r2 and the other schools in r1 if stanford was your first choice? | . |
| • Tell me about a time your values were challenged. | . |
| • Why an MBA? What would you do if you couldn't get an MBA? | . |
| • Tell be about a time you led a team and let them down? Asked for a second example that was more team-oriented. | . |
| • Tell be about a time you saw and took advantage of an opportunity? | . |
| • Tell be about a time you overcame a great obstacle? | . |
| • Tell be about a time when you stood on the unpopular side of an issue? | . |
| • What do you do outside of work for fun? | . |
| • In which industry would you work if you couldn't work in your first-choice industry? | . |
| • What has been your most rewarding experience among your two jobs and education? Why is this so? | . |
| • What have you learnt from this experience? How have you evolved as a person? | . |
| • How will you need to evolve personally to move from your short-term career goal to your long-term career goal? | . |
| • What is your perception of what an MBA program provides? | . |
| • How are the leadership skills you gained at work and those you gained outside work different? | . |
| • Tell me about an instance when you displayed great leadership | . |
| • What will be your biggest challenge at Stanford? | . |
| • Time when you saw poor leadership at work? | . |
| • Time when you did something that impacted people (in work or outside of it). | . |
| • Tell me about a nonbusiness book you read? | . |
| • Tell me how you influence your peers [given that you're working mainly with peers]? I want a precise example of how you achieve this influence/leadership. there, it was clear he wanted an episode / very precise set of actions. | . |
| • Tell me about your leadership experiences/accomplishments/challenges/outside of work and what you learned from them. | . |
| • Give me the 60 second rundown on yourself. | . |
| • Why would you want to be in the college bubble that is Stanford? | . |
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